confines

英 [kənˈfaɪnz , ˈkɒnfaɪnz]

美 [kənˈfaɪnz , ˈkɑːnfaɪnz]

n.  范围; 界限; 边界
v.  限制; 限定; 监禁; 禁闭; 使离不开(或受困于床、轮椅等)
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牛津词典

noun

• 范围；界限；边界
  limits or borders
  1. It is beyond the confines of human knowledge.
     这超出了人类的知识范围。
  2. the confines of family life
     家庭生活的范围

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /kən'faɪn/. The noun confines is pronounced /'kɒnfaɪnz/. 动词读作 /kən'faɪn/。名词读作 /'kɒnfaɪnz/。


• VERB 限制，限定（防止扩散蔓延）
  Toconfinesomethingtoa particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
  1. Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area...
     卫生官员成功地将疫情控制在塔巴廷加地区。
  2. The US will soon be taking steps to confine the conflict.
     美国很快就会采取措施限制冲突。
• VERB 限制(自己或自己的活动);使受局限
  If youconfine yourselfor your activitiestosomething, you do only that thing and are involved with nothing else.
  1. He did not confine himself to the one language...
     他没把自己局限于这一门语言。
  2. Yoko had largely confined her activities to the world of big business...
     洋子主要是做大生意。
  3. His genius was not confined to the decoration of buildings.
     他的天赋不单体现在建筑物的装饰上。
• VERB 监禁;关押；禁闭
  If someoneis confined toa mental institution, prison, or other place, they are sent there and are not allowed to leave for a period of time.
  1. The woman will be confined to a mental institution...
     这个女人将被关进精神病院。
  2. He announced that the army and police had been confined to barracks.
     他通告说军队和警察已经被禁闭在营房中不得外出。
• N-PLURAL 边界;界限;范围
  Something that is within theconfines ofan area or place is within the boundaries enclosing it.
  1. The movie is set entirely within the confines of the abandoned factory.
     电影的拍摄完全是在这个废弃的工厂厂区内进行。
  2. ...the wild grass and weeds that grew in the confines of the grandstand.
     大看台上丛生的野草
• N-PLURAL 限制;局限
  Theconfines ofa situation, system, or activity are the limits or restrictions it involves.
  1. ...away from the confines of the British class system...
     超越英国社会等级制度的限制
  2. I can't stand the confines of this marriage.
     我受不了这段婚姻的限制。

英英释义

noun

• a bounded scope
  1. he stayed within the confines of the city

双语例句

• Once you have fully upgraded the establishment, the spell that locks Daphne within her confines can be broken!
  一旦你有充分升格成立，拼写认为，锁达芙妮她的局限是可以打破的！
• In which there are many confines, wards and dungeons.
  有许多牢房、警卫和地牢。
• The male and female joint confines the gasket O.D and I.D.
  这种外螺纹和内螺纹连接限制了垫圈的外径和内径。
• Even within the authoritarian confines of North Korea, football is rallying a new spirit among the people.
  即使在朝鲜的专制范围内，足球是团结人民的一种新精神。
• He spent three years within the narrow confines of the prison.
  他在监狱狭小的空间里度过了三年。
• Some of them were afraid of what existed beyond the confines of our village, but not me.
  他们中的一些对村子外面的世界存在些什么，心怀忧虑，但是我一点也不。
• Confines the scope of$ I to the for loop.
  限制了$i在for循环里。
• The problem of dissipate heat is an important factor which confines the development of high power semiconductor laser.
  高功率半导体激光器随着功率的日益提高其散热问题成为限制其发展的重要因素。
• This question was discussed within the confines of the group.
  这个问题在小组范围内进行了酝酿。
• The dark night of the soul invites us to fully recognize the confines of our ego's identity.
  灵魂的暗夜让我们充分认识到小我身份的局限。